IFIP/IP3 participates in World Summit on the Information Society
[Johannesburg, 14 May 2012] -
ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP will welcome all WSIS stakeholders to the WSIS Forum 2012, which will be held from 14 to 18 May 2012, and will provide structured opportunities to network, learn and to participate in multi-stakeholder discussions and consultations on WSIS implementation.This event builds on the tradition of annual WSIS May meetings, and its new format is the result of open consultations with all WSIS stakeholders. The 2012 WSIS Forum will be hosted by ITU and will take place at the Conference Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Remote Participation will be an integral component of the forum, and details are available at the WSIS Web site, at http://groups.itu.int/wsis-forum2012/Information/WSISForum2012.aspx.The title of the thematic workshop that IP3 will lead is: "Improving economic development, regional GDP, innovation, education, skills, sustainability and security by creating and growing a professional ICT workforce." The workshop will present as panellists IP3 Marketing Director Moira de Roche, Immediate Past President and Fellow Computer Society South Africa; IP3 Chair Brenda Aynsley, FACS, IP3 Representative Australian Computer Society; IP3 member Lawrence Gudza, Immediate Past President, Computer Society of Zimbabwe; and Stephen Ibaraki, CIPS Fellow, CIPS, Canada.
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